by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 5, 2007 | books, mysticism, Prayer, transcendance
I was reading recently from How People Change by Timothy Lane and David Tripp. In it they describe some of the manifestations of “Christian externalism”, their description of the things people do to try to fill the “gospel gap” that subverts...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 25, 2007 | communication
I had the opportunity last week to perform a comedy routine at a women’s retreat. One of the lines in the routine has to do with friendship. It goes like this: “Friends are a lot like a parachute. If they’re not there the first time that you need...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2007 | Aging
In a class on adult ministry that I am taking we are in the unit on senior adults. There is a self-awareness inventory that asks us to indicate on a scale of 1-5 the number that best expresses our feelings between two extremes about the statement, “When I think...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2007 | Simplicity
I have had the spacious, dual-bowled, mirror-walled, garden- tubbed, glass-enclosure showered bathroom. Now, in our little two bedroom 1973 lakeside cottage we have two very efficient little 6’X8′-ish bathrooms. And I have rediscovered the joy of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 31, 2007 | Childhood excitement
My goodness! Where did the last month go? I know that a significant number of hours in the last thirty or so days have been passed in the pleasant duty of keeping the two youngest of our five grandchildren. They have been regulars in our home as they (and their...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 26, 2007 | Haggai 1:5-6, Simplicity
Haggai 1:5b-6, “Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 25, 2007 | answers to prayer, Thanks
My consult with a retinal specialist was moved up to yesterday. My 4 1/2 year old grandson had prayed with his parents and sisters and had been led by God to ask that this would be “just a spot, not a sickness.” Thankfully, his prayers (and those of many...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 22, 2007 | counseling, culture, Exodus 17
The following quote is from a February 21, 2007, Townhall column by Cal Thomas, writing about the rise of “anti-heroes” and the proliferation of mindless, prurient entertainment focused on the lives of celebrities whose lives both shock us and seem to provide...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 16, 2007 | Facing fears, Psalm 37:3-5, Trust
Did you ever have a moment when you felt yourself standing on a prominence with a clear view of two vastly different possibilities for your life without the slightest inclination of which one will be yours? That is the kind of day I had today.Just this week I’d...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 3, 2007 | answers to prayer
It’s been a wonderful holiday with grandchildren visiting. This week I was carting three of them back north to meet up with their parents for their return home. Along the way we made several stops. At one interstate exit with which I was unfamliar, I was on the...
